Unable to add disk to the disk group

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Article ID: 100033229

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Description

Error Message

# vxdg -g testdg adddisk testdg01=emc0_299
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-17223 Disk emc0_299: was previously removed using -k option.

Cause

The disks were previously removed, using the -k argument. The information was kept in diskgroup config.

# vxprint -htg testdg | grep dm
dm emc0_300     emc0_300     auto     65536    4294901456 -
dm testdg01     -            -        -        -        REMOVED



# vxdisk -o alldgs list
[...]
emc0_299     auto:cdsdisk    -            -            online
emc0_300     auto:cdsdisk    emc0_300     testdg       online
-            -         testdg01     testdg       removed was:emc0_299

Resolution

Add using -k adddisk option.

# vxdg -g testdg -k adddisk testdg01=emc0_299
 
 
# vxprint -htrg testdg | grep dm
dm emc0_300     emc0_300     auto     65536    4294901456 -
dm testdg01     emc0_299     auto     65536    4294901456 -

 
 
# vxdisk -o alldgs list
[...]
emc0_299     auto:cdsdisk    testdg01     testdg       online
emc0_300     auto:cdsdisk    emc0_300     testdg       online
 

 

Issue/Introduction

The adddisk argument for the vxdg command returns error V-5-17223.